Due to low chlorine levels in the Town of Barrhead's water supply, the County of Barrhead has had to flush Manola's regional water line over multiple days starting Nov. 11.
Infrastructure director Ken Hove told councillors during their Dec. 3 meeting the result was discoloured water for the hamlet.
"[To get rid of] the discolouration, it took more flushing," Hove said, adding it took about 10 days to clear up. "We conducted more monitoring over this period to make sure safe drinking water was maintained. At all times, we had sufficient chlorine levels."
He added that public works are in communication with the town operators to prevent a similar situation from recurring.
Coun. Walter Preugschas asked if the low level of chlorine impacted other water systems.
"The chlorine levels in the water when it left Barrhead was sufficient, but it wasn't high enough to carry it the length it needed to stay in the line and travel to Manola," Hove replies. "Once it gets to Manola, up the chlorine, but the people who take water off the line had the problem. That's why we needed to flush water out of our lines to move enough water to keep the chlorine high enough."
